The bare essentials of sport aviation.....

PHOTOS: PHL - April 22, 2008 Photos Link: http://phlairline.com/spotter/042208.html Cheers, DV

__________ 1932 Avro Tutor An Avro Tutor stand ready, as student pilots prepare for a day's flying at 4 Flying Training School, Abu Sueir, Egypt in 1938

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__________ 1946 Supermarine Spitfire F22 Supermarine Spitfire F22s sporting the colours of No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron in 1951

__________ 1946 de Haviland Vampire Vampires of No 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force between sorties during summer camp at RAF Odiham in 1949. This single-seater jet fighter was powered by a Goblin turbojet engine rated at 3100lb of thrust and...

__________ 1945 de Haviland Hornet A pair of Hornet F3s from No 41 Squadron at RAF Church Fenton soon after take-off. They are painted in the camouflage worn by long-range intruder aircraft of the period

__________ 1937 Hawker Hurricane I 1 Hawker Hurricane Is of No 85 Squadron 'scramble' from an airfield at Merville in May 1940 at the height of the war in France

__________ 1937 Handley Page Harrow A No 115 Squadron Handley Page Harrow runs up its engines prior to a flight from RAF Marham, Norfolk, while a Farey Hendon from No 38 Squadron passes overhead

__________ 1937 Gloster Gladiator Malta's famous Gladiators, which formed the nucleus of No 261 Squadron's defense of the island

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/22/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCVideo -- Aviation is proof, that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible." - Captain Edward Rickenbacker

A bit hard on the eyes this one.